Mining Incidents

Convict Coal

Controlled by Metinvest B V
MAXIE, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407061

Convict has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2002–2003
Latest incident
Aug 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
112
citations
49
significant & substantial
$20,171
proposed penalties
$19,008
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,163 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
44
inspections on record
993
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 993 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Convict has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
112 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-12-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Convict shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.17 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 69 samples.

Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.17
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.74
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
69
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-12-08.
Silica (quartz)
19.7
silica avg (%)
31.8
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-10-12.
Noise
5%
over PEL
39
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-12-14.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
Show 58 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 929 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,551 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,312 3 2 2286.6
2011 Q3 1,425 1 0 701.8
2011 Q2 2,212 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,885 3 1 1591.5
2010 Q4 1,912 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,437 4 4 1641.4
2010 Q2 1,530 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 579 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 1,593 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,831 8 3 2825.9
2009 Q1 3,346 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,706 14 2 5173.7
2008 Q3 2,833 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,080 20 10 4902.0
2008 Q1 5,181 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,541 8 4 1761.7
2007 Q3 2,873 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,509 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,123 1 1 320.2
2006 Q4 3,688 6 3 1626.9
2006 Q3 1,127 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,505 1 0 222.0
2006 Q1 8,799 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 11,868 15 10 1263.9
2005 Q3 12,405 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 11,117 4 0 359.8
2005 Q1 6,922 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 10,140 5 1 493.1
2004 Q3 8,296 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,679 5 2 651.1
2004 Q1 11,594 4 2 345.0
2003 Q4 13,635 7 3 513.4
2003 Q3 14,389 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 10,053 1 1 99.5
2003 Q1 10,849 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,360 2 0 271.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2003 · 3 incidents

August 14, 2003 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Surface Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE END OF THE AUGER HAD BROKEN OFF ON THE HIGHWALL MINER AND THE EE GOT INTO THE BASE FRAME AND LIFTED THE END OUT. THE END WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 50 POUNDS.

March 29, 2003 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Surface Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS PUTTING A SECTION OF A BELLY BACK ON A DOZER. THE SECTION WAS HANGING FROM A CHAIN. EE WAS LYING UNDER THE DOZER. THE SECTION FELL AND CAUGHT EE'S RIGHT ARM. EE JUMPED AND HIT HIS RIGHT CHEEK BONE ON THE SECTION OF BELLY PAN AND CUT HIS CHEEK.

February 25, 2003 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Surface Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WORKING ON A TORQUE ON A DOZER AND WHEN HE WAS ENTERING THE BELLY PAN AREA HE HIT HIS LT. KNEE ON A METAL BRACKET.

2002 · 1 incident

October 10, 2002 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Surface Minerals Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON THE CABLE THAT COMES FROM THE POWER CENTER TO THE HIGHWALL MINER. AS HE WAS PULLING HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS BACK. THE GROUND WAS WET AND MUDDY.

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The full compliance file on Convict

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.